Police who stopped a French fan driving “suspiciously” on the A29 near Numansdorp found more than they expected when they checked what he was carrying.

The man told police he was transporting two bodies in coffins, but the documents he showed them did “add up”.

The police then took the coffins to a funeral home for checking, where they found sports bags stuffed with cocaine rather than human remains.

In total the driver was carrying 250 kilos of cocaine with a street value of €13 million.

Police say the man had driven from France to the Netherlands but did yet know his final destination. He was, they said, waiting for message to tell him where to go.

The man is now in custody in Rotterdam.